FPGA Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver FPGA-based hardware solutions to accelerate ultra-low-latency trading systems. Work end-to-end on FPGA architecture, implementation, simulation, testing, and deployment while collaborating closely with quantitative researchers and strategy developers.

Experience Level

Senior-level — requires 8+ years of FPGA or ASIC architecture, design, and development experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with quantitative researchers and strategy developers to translate requirements into hardware designs.
• Architect and design FPGA solutions, including hardware selection and key functional blocks.
• Implement solutions from board-level logic to API integration and deploy to production environments.
• Work with trading teams and strategy developers to iterate and improve hardware performance and latency.
• Develop and execute simulation and testing strategies for verification and reliability.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred technical qualifications:

• Must-have: 8+ years of FPGA or ASIC architecture, design, and development using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Preferred: Experience with high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet and PCIe.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with high-level software languages (C#, C, Java).
• Prior experience in trading or finance is helpful but not required.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline, or foreign equivalent.

About the Company

Company: Susquehanna International Group

Headquarters: Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA

Global quantitative trading firm and market maker that combines quantitative research, trading, and technology to develop systematic strategies and low-latency trading infrastructure. Known for hardware-accelerated systems and a collaborative, engineering-driven culture.